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Radioactive Substances (Modification of Enactments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. No. 116 of 2018).

Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of law
Regulation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
These Regulations contain measures to partly transpose Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation. For this purpose, they amend existing legislation with respect to, among other things, definitions an references, levels of contamination, inspections, adding of geothermal energy production to the list of NORM industrial activities (that is, industrial activities involving natural occurring radioactive material where the radioactivity is incidental to the activity).
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/uk177137.pdf
Web site
http://www.opsi.gov.uk
Date of text
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Amends
Radioactive Substances Exemption (Northern Ireland) Order 2011 (S.R. No. 289 of 2011).
Radioactive Contaminated Land Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. No. 345 of 2006).
High-activity Sealed Radioactive Sources and Orphan Sources Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 2686 of 2005).
Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (c. 12).
Implements
Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom.